Fran Bennett
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Fran Bennett

Aug 14, 1937 - Malvern, Arkansas, USA

Fran Bennett (August 14, 1937, in Malvern, Arkansas; † September 12, 2021, in Los Angeles, California) was an American actress known for her work in theater and television. She appeared in series such as Beauty and the Beast, Little House on the Prairie, Dallas, Falcon Crest, L.A. Law, ER, Boston Legal, and Scandal. Bennett had recurring roles in General Hospital and The Bold and the Beautiful and appeared in films like Promises in the Dark (1979), How I Got into College (1989), New Nightmare (1994), Foxfire (1996), and Jessabelle (2014). In addition to her acting career, she was the head of the acting program at the California Institute of the Arts from 1996 to 2003 and was inducted into the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame in 2005. She passed away at the age of 84.

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Media
Movie2001The Sky is FallingMrs. Quinn
Movie1991The DoctorAdmissions Secretary
Movie1994New NightmareDr. Christine Heffner
Movie1996FoxfireJudge Holifield
Movie1984Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Movie1983Romantic ComedyDoctor #1
Movie1988Roots: The GiftMay
Movie1984Ernie Kovacs: Between the LaughterMiss Deal
Movie1991Star Trek: The Next Generation - RedemptionShanthi (archive footage)
Movie1994Once in a LifetimeDr. Liz Wells
Movie1988NightingalesNurse Ritt
Movie1981The Violation of Sarah McDavidMs. Merriam
Movie1992Majority RuleJane
Movie1992Breaking the SilenceJudge Virginia Richards
Movie1989My Dad Can't Be Crazy... Can He?Nurse Etting
Movie1989How I Got Into CollegeMrs. Cook
Movie2014JessabelleMrs. Davis
Movie2019Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"Mother Jefferson
Movie1986The Morning AfterAirline Clerk
Movie2000The Next Best ThingJudge Tracey Bennett
Movie1979Friendships, Secrets and LiesClarissa
Movie2008Grave MisconductMrs. Crutch
Movie1994Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing GovernorJudge Donna Andrews
Movie2021The ManorRuth
Movie1990The Knife and Gun ClubNurse Mary Falk
Movie1986Between Two WomenNight Nurse
Movie19998MMNun
Movie2010Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street LegacySelf
TV Show1982St. ElsewhereNurse Julie Attucks1
TV Show1981Falcon CrestNurse2
TV Show2005Numb3rsEstelle Brown1
TV Show1982Remington SteeleCoroner1
TV Show1987Star Trek: The Next GenerationFleet Admiral Shanthi2
TV Show2002BoomtownBeatrice Rahming1
TV Show1986L.A. LawJudge Hillary Miller Johnson2
TV Show1999ProvidenceChairwoman1
TV Show1997Sunset Beach6
TV Show1996Early EditionJudge A. Harding Joseph1
TV Show1981Simon & SimonWanda Tale1
TV Show2001Crossing JordanJudge1
TV Show1978Diff'rent Strokes1
TV Show2006The Book of DanielLorraine4
TV Show1979Knots LandingBev Tolner1
TV Show1989Quantum LeapAda Simpson2
TV Show1989Mancuso, F.B.I.1
TV Show1982Cagney & Lacey1
TV Show1992Melrose PlaceDr. Miller1
TV Show1987Jake and the FatmanThornton1
TV Show1994Chicago Hope1
TV Show1994ERPhyllis1
TV Show2004Boston LegalJudge Diane Avent1
TV Show1986ALFMrs. Watson1
TV Show1987Tour of DutyMrs. Johnson1
TV Show1982Matt HoustonLucille1
TV Show1989NightingalesHead Nurse Lenore Ritt13
TV Show1972ABC Afterschool SpecialNurse Etting1
TV Show2009CommunityNana1
TV Show1989Nasty Boys1
TV Show2013The FostersIris2
TV Show1994ERMichelle1
TV Show1989Quantum LeapMarie Billings3
TV Show1987A Year in the LifeMrs. Caldwell1
TV Show2012ScandalLouis1
TV Show1986MatlockBetty Harding1
TV Show1984Highway to HeavenFlora1
TV Show1985Shadow ChasersDr. Frolov1
TV Show1996ArlissAmelia Halimon1
TV Show1984Murder, She WroteDetective MacKenzie1
TV Show1979Knots LandingKimya Haman1
TV Show1979Knots LandingDr. Faulkner1
TV Show1977Lou GrantSarah1
TV Show1977Lou GrantChaney1
TV Show2003NCISMary Elaine Smith2
TV Show1987Jake and the FatmanJudge (uncredited)2
TV Show1990Capital News1
TV Show1985The Twilight ZoneUN Chairman (segment "A Small Talent for War")1

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